Apparently Mark Twain used to call his immaculate white linen outfits his ‘don’t give a damn’ suits.
Jeff Jarvis blogs verbatim and tears apart a sub editor’s changes to an article for a ‘scholarly journal’.
“Aw, to hell with it. I decided to just put the piece up here, for you are the audience I care about, not the handful of insular souls who’ll read a self-referential, self-reverential faux scholarly periodical about weblogs”.
I have this fantastic image of a drab, librarian-type cowering behind a stack of old books, dust flying, as a 6′ 4″ Jarvis in a don’t give a damn suit slams his original manuscript on the top of the pile. Weblogs allow you to do that – but without getting dust on your jacket.